Today
Saturday 2 September 2023
2:39 p.m
“VICTORY OF HUMANISM”
Kiev described the decision to forego the invitation of the Russian ambassador to this year’s Nobel Committee awards ceremony in Stockholm as a “victory for humanism.” Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko also expressed the hope on Facebook that a “similar decision” would be made when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo.
2:38 p.m
FLIP FACE
The Nobel Foundation ultimately decided not to invite the Russian, Belarusian and Iranian ambassadors. The opportunity to return to the controversy sparked by this decision.
International
Published today at 2:22 p.m.
13:51
Nobel Prize “silenced”
The Nobel Prize Committee sharply criticized Russia’s decision to place Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov on the list of “foreign agents”. With this term, which the Kremlin usually uses to suppress criticism, “Russia is trying to silence the winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize,” the committee regrets.
12:24
Kyiv “ADVANCE”
“The Ukrainian armed forces are advancing,” Volodymyr Zelensky assured, “despite anything and everything anyone says.” “We are moving,” the Ukrainian president added.
11:49
THIRD SHIP IN THE BLACK SEA
A third cargo ship has left Ukraine despite Russian threats, the shipping authority said. The Anna Theresa, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier carrying 56,000 tons of pig iron, left the port of Odessa yesterday, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. He added that a second ship, the Marshall Islands-flagged Ocean Courtesy, left the same port yesterday with 172,000 tonnes of iron ore concentrate. It was due to reach the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta this afternoon, according to ship tracking website MarineTraffic.
10:28
RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA
Since Twitter became the property of Elon Musk, the social network has played an important role in the spread of Russian propaganda, according to a study by the European Commission published this Thursday. Based on a year-long research, the institution shows how the social network renamed X allowed the Moscow story to reach more people than before. “Over the course of 2022, the audience and reach of Kremlin-aligned accounts across Europe increased significantly,” the study said. “Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts continued to grow in the first half of 2023, particularly as a result of Twitter’s rollback of security standards.”
09:31
WHAT STRATEGY FOR MOSCOW?
According to British intelligence services, in view of Kiev’s counteroffensive, there is a risk that Russia will split its forces. In its daily update, the Defense Ministry noted that Ukrainian forces continued to conduct offensive actions in southern Ukraine and units reached the main Russian first line of defense. “The Russian Armed Forces, composed mainly of the 58 units of the Combined Arms Army and the Russian Airborne Forces, are trying to put an end to the Ukrainian counteroffensive while maintaining their own offensive on the northern axis around Kupiansk,” the ministry said in a press release , published on X
09:09
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
It’s 9 a.m. The opportunity to look back at the highlights of the last 24 hours.
International
Published today at 8:50 am.
07:10
CRIMEAN BRIDGE AT THE FINISH
Ukrainian Navy drone strikes were foiled in the Black Sea last night, according to a statement from the Russian Defense Ministry. These targeted the strategic bridge connecting Russia with the annexed Crimean peninsula, he said. This bridge, which was built at great expense on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin after the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, has already been the target of Ukrainian attacks on several occasions.
07:06
UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK
Ukraine claimed responsibility for the drone attack on a Russian airport from Russian territory last night. A first for Kiev, which is seeking to bring hostilities to Russia amid a counteroffensive to liberate the occupied territories. “The drones used to attack the Kresty air base in Pskov were launched from Russia,” the head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov assured on Telegram. “We operate from the territory of Russia,” he emphasized. The Kremlin, for its part, refused to comment on this claim.
07:03
WELCOME TO THIS LIVE
Hello and welcome to this new live broadcast dedicated to monitoring the war in Ukraine as the 556th day of the conflict begins.